Overview

• Lawmakers approved renaming the institution as Dr Manmohan Singh Bengaluru City University on August 19, making it the first university in the country to bear his name.
• The proposal was announced in the March 7 state budget and secured cabinet approval in July.
• The bill cites Singh’s stature as an economist, academic, bureaucrat and two-term prime minister who led national economic reforms.
• Congress leaders have defended the decision by pointing to his economic record, while the BJP has questioned changing a popular institution.
• Formal notification and other administrative steps remain before the new name is implemented.